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 Posted - July 03 2016 : 2:31:11 PM
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I'll bet this will rankle the rivet counters!  My pick for this week's COTW is a Matchbox / Lesney dumper gondola. I've been eyeing these Matchbox trains for awhile, to see if I can make them HO scale compatible and actually run them. I am planning to power the Matchbox diesel engine Plymouth, or whatever it is, once I find a suitable micro motor truck to fit under it. That project is gathering dust as well at the moment  . Anyway, still on my train Bucket list.
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Posted - July 03 2016 : 4:03:50 PM
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I like that project idea. Rivet counters howl at me all the time, particularly
when I bring on the Tyco. This is my more proto-real attempt in OO, where
I spend a little time trying tool up something more operational than going
in circlz. A "wagon," as they are called in the UK.
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Posted - July 03 2016 : 7:34:22 PM
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I wish you wouldn't, Jerry cause I Wants it!
Anyway here is the 5th car by Marklin that I forgot to include with the 4 from last week's COTW
course it is a real HO car like Jerry's hehe
& it dumps too
there is a lever that you pull to make it dump
Do we likes this? 
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Posted - July 05 2016 : 02:48:06 AM
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I like it
Modeling on the cheap
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Posted - July 06 2016 : 12:27:36 AM
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Tyco Peterbuilt flat.
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Posted - July 06 2016 : 8:22:48 PM
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Great pic. The grain makes it look like a humid
night. Is that yellow Peterbuilt supposed to be
somewhat rare?
Your night lights has inspired me to light up
the Tyco Expander, down the line.
Are you using bulbs or LED's? Noticed also
is that your seams are well joined. No annoying
light spillage in evidence.
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Posted - July 06 2016 : 9:40:51 PM
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Thank You, Chops... The yellow truck cab is a bit hardtop get but they show up here & there...
The lights would be cool on your layout. No LEDs here. My freeway lights are wired in series of pairs. Most of the building lights the same. I use black electrical tape to hide joints or bleed thru walls. There's nothing worse than light showing thru a wall or seams of a building... That annoyed me when I was 12 !! Can't stand it now either...
Edited by - walt on July 06 2016 9:42:51 PM
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Posted - July 07 2016 : 12:59:37 PM
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| Nice photos. This one a Tyco car.
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Posted - July 07 2016 : 1:36:39 PM
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| Nice , Richard! Both Tyco cars.... I gave my nephew my "Old Spice" box car back in May... He was excited...
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Posted - July 07 2016 : 3:02:53 PM
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2 cars I needs! 
Already have the Maxwell House grain hopper
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